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Information A German court has sentenced Jian Guo, a former aide to far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Maximilian Krah, to four years and nine months in prison for spying for China. Guo, a German national, worked for Krah in Brussels for five years while Krah served as a Member of the European Parliament. Prosecutors […]

Information Russia has formally withdrawn from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, an international treaty designed to protect the rights of people in detention and allow independent monitors to visit prisons and detention centres. President Vladimir Putin signed the law confirming the exit, which follows repeated criticism from global organisations, including the Organisation

Information The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) announced the arrest of a man in his 40s in southern England in connection with cyberattacks that disrupted major European airports. Authorities confirmed the arrest took place late Tuesday, but emphasised that the investigation is still at an early stage. NCA Deputy Director Paul Foster described the arrest

Information Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has described the drone disruption at Copenhagen Airport as the most serious attack on Denmark’s critical infrastructure to date. On Monday evening, multiple large drones were spotted flying in the airport’s vicinity, prompting authorities to halt all takeoffs and landings. Operations resumed after several hours, though delays and cancellations

Russian general who served in Ukraine war is dismissed Russian Colonel General Alexander Lapin, a senior commander who served in the first phase of the Ukraine war, has been dismissed from military service, Russian media outlet RBC reported on Sunday, citing an unidentified source. Guinea holds referendum on contoversial new constitution Opposition parties have boycotted

Information Estonia has summoned a Russian diplomat after reporting that three Russian fighter jets violated its airspace on Friday. According to Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, this marks the fourth such incursion this year, but the scale of the latest breach, three MIG-31 jets flying into Estonian territory for 12 minutes, was described as “unprecedentedly brazen.”

Information Three people have been arrested in Essex on suspicion of spying for Russia, according to the Metropolitan Police. A 41-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman were detained at one address in Grays, while a 46-year-old man was arrested separately in the same area. All three were taken to a London police station on suspicion

Information Oliver Steadman, a former Labour councillor in Islington, has been charged with blackmail and five counts of improper use of a communications network following a 17-month Metropolitan Police investigation into unsolicited messages sent to figures in Westminster. The case, dubbed the “Westminster honeytrap scandal,” involved personalised WhatsApp messages, sometimes including explicit photos, sent under

Information A Bulgarian court has detained Igor Grechushkin, a 48-year-old Russian-Cypriot shipowner, wanted over the 2020 Beirut port blast that killed more than 220 people and injured thousands. Grechushkin, identified as the owner of the Rhosus, the ship that brought the 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate to Beirut in 2013, was arrested at Sofia airport